Some 100 trees have been planted at the Trần Thái Tông – Phạm Văn Bách junction in Hà Nội’s Cầu Giấy District in honour of Finland’s centenary of independence (December 6, 1917 - 2017).

Floodwater from recent typhoons have damaged thousands of one-to-four-year-old peach blossom trees in Tam Điệp City in Đông Sơn Commune in the northern province of Ninh Bình.

Authorities in Cà Mau Province have taken emergency measures to protect coastal forests against climate change and destruction caused by humans.

The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment has asked authorities in HCM City and 10 provinces to develop a master plan on effective management of water resources and environmental protection in the Đồng Nai River basin.

Forest plantation and timber trade are among various events that will be held across Việt Nam to highlight co-operation between Việt Nam and Finland and particularly to celebrate 100 years of Finland’s independence, which falls on December 6.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has ordered the People’s Committee of Tiền Giang Province in the Mekong Delta to respond to local reports that a section of the Tiền River was filled in to build a nearly 10-ha fruit park in the province’s Cái Bè District.

HCM City has improved environmental protection by completing a legal framework for the purpose and, in recent times, refusing licences for polluting plants and generally tightening pollution management and oversight and improving management of rivers and canals.

Nearly 70 per cent of a newly grown protective forest and a large area of Cửa Đại beach have been washed away by large waves, intense rains and a higher sea level since last year.

Despite the rich biodiversity embodied in a century-old nipa palm forest in provincial Bình Sơn, the province has approved the construction of a 87ha reservoir in providing water for a wood-pulp plant, VNT19, and other industrial projects in Dung Quất Economic Zone in Bình Sơn District.